Varanasi panchang, 18 January 2027
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 13:02 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:30- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:28 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta 14:38 – 15:21
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:30 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:27
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:05 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 09:33
- Karana Gara until 10:27, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:05 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 21:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:13 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:28 – 14:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:38 – 15:21
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:00 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:30 – 20:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:46 – 21:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:05 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:08 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Char | 13:28 – 14:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:49 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:30 | Good |
| Char | 17:30 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:49 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:28 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:46 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:49 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:49 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:36 Sagittarius
- 06:36 – 08:20 Capricorn
- 08:20 – 09:51 Aquarius
- 09:51 – 11:20 Pisces
- 11:20 – 12:58 Aries
- 12:58 – 14:55 Taurus
- 14:55 – 17:09 Gemini
- 17:09 – 19:27 Cancer
- 19:27 – 21:41 Leo
- 21:41 – 23:53 Virgo
- 23:53 – 02:10 next day Libra
- 02:10 – 04:27 next day Scorpio
- 04:27 – 06:32 next day Sagittarius
- 06:32 – 06:46 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method